GERMAN ADVANCE ON PEIROGRAD

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 284, 20 August 1918, Page 5

GERMAN ADVANCE ON PEIROGRAD

REPORTED .OCCUPATION OF KRONSTADT

THE NEW WAR IN SIBERIA

Paris, August 18,

"Lo Matin" states: "It is reported that tho Germans have already ' occupied Jvronstadt."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS OP

11USSIAN OFFICERS. Amsterdam, August 18. Gorman, newspapers report that ove: two hundred Russian officers lave beei f shot at Ivronsl.adt on charges of_ bein; 3 concerned in anti-Bolshevik activities.— 3 Aus.-N.Z. Cubic Assn. \ FRENCH TROOPS"IN SIBERIA 5 FURTHER CZKCJI APPiSALS FOR REINFORCEMENTS. J Tientsin, August 18. A. French detachment reached Nikolai 5 ev.sk on Saturday, to 'join tha Britisl and Czechs, who aro alrendy there. Jap [ i anose troops aro expcctcd to arriv< 11 Miirly. Tho Czech General urgently ap [ poai's to the Allies to augment their as I sis'ar.co to enable them to hold Irkutsk I Th'.' 'appearance of tho Allies in Siberif 1 1 has unused numerous desertions from t.hi ,! ik'tshefjjc ranks. i! ",k id Sflicially announced in Tokio tha .jiipan is dispitching troops to Man ; ehuria io, protect tho frontier.—Aus.-N.Z i Cable Assn. • CZECH O-SLOVAKS~CAPTURE IRKUTSK ; (llec. August 19, 8.5 p.m.) ; Washington, August 18. . Diplomatic advices from Russia an i nounco that Irkutsk has teen capturec i by the Czecno-Slovoks. Military officials .point out that till . Czecho-Slovaks' capture of Irkutsk wil 11 havo an important bearing on tho Sibor .! ian situation. The city, being oil tin ; I Trans-Siberian railway, was the base ol • former German-Austrian prisoners ol ■ war, who, after their release by tho 80l • sheviki, organised an armed force ami i attempted to obtain control of Sibariu • for the Central Powers. Official tlis- . patches from Russia add that tho TranS' ■ Siberian Tailway is open between Irkutsk ■ and Samara, indicating that tho railway between these points is undor Czechoslovak control.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. DANGER ON MTKCHURIAN BORDER —0 JAPANESE TROOPS SENT.. (Rec. August 19, 8.5 p.m.) New York, August 18. Tho United Press Tokio correspondent cables that the Japanese Government has issued a statement that, under agreement with China, - Japan is sending troops to tho Manchuriun border, where danger is threatening.—Auß.-N.i5.. Cable Assn. JAPANESE TROOPS JOIN UP (Rec. August 19, 8.5 p.m.) New. York, August IS. Tho. United Press correspondent at Vladivostok states: ''Japanese troops have lauded and joined the British, French, and Allied contingent. . They received an ovation when on their way to tho front."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. THE AMERICAN'CONSUL IN MOSCOW STATS TO KEEP THE ALLIED OFFICIALS. . (Rec. August 19, 8.5 p.m.) Now York, August 18. •Jfft Poole, late United States ConsulGeneral at Moscow, has cabled tho State Department saying that after ho turned over Aniorican affairs to tho Swedish representative, he considered it hii> duty to remain and aid tho Allied officials, although ho was able to obtain a safe conduct to leave Russia. Be, with the aid of the Swedish representative, obtained the release of several, hundred Entente citizens, mostly French and English, who had been held as hostages by the, Bolsheviki for tho Soviet members imprisoned in tho north. Ninety civilian hostages remain in tho custody of tho Bolshcviki. Mr. Poole was able to ameliorate their situation. Mr. Poole added that (ho Japanese Consul left' Moscow under safe conduct, and will report conditions to the Entcnto Governments.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. RUSSIA' PEASANTS V. BO.LSHEVIKI. (Rec. August 19, 8.5 p.ni.) New York, August 18. M. Arno Doschiieurot, tho .Now y o rk "World's" Petvograd correspondent, states: "Turoughout Russia, there is a reign of terror. The Boisheviki aro trying to maintain power by spreading fear. At the bottom ot the trouble is tho disaf- ] fection of the peasants, who are refusing to yield their grain at tho low prices fixed, except in exchango for manufactured articles at equally 'low prices which the Boisheviki are unable to provide. Expeditions sent to villages to forco the peasants to yield. their grain result in constant killings. The Bolshevik soldiers daro not leave the railways except in forco. In one instance the peasants killed one hundred and fifty soldiers, consisting of an expedition which had been sent against them. I was struck, on returning to Russia after an absence of three months, iby the fact that the masses had fallen away from the Boisheviki. Bui, tho masses have no organisation capable o£ seizing power. Tho Boisheviki aro having the greatest difficulty with scattered uprisings. Tho Jugoslavs are now mutinying."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRIA'S SHARE OF RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET Rome, August IS. Austrian crows havo taken over fifteen vessels of the-Russian Black Sea Fleet, which havo been assigned to AustriaHungary under an agreement with Ger-many—Aus.-N.Z. G'ablo Assn. BRITISH ADVANOTON THE CASPIAN SEA A CONVERGING MOVEMENT. London, August 18. Advices state that, besides British forces on -both sides of tho Caspian Sea, an Indian force has arrival at Meshed (near tho south-eastern end of tho Caspia'u Sea), from where it can advanco along tho Trans-Caspian railway—Aus.N.Z. Cablo Assn. AUSTRIAN ARCHDUKE CHOSEN FOR POLISH THRONE Copenhagen, August 18. Berlin newspapers stato that tho Kaiser and tho Eiuperor Karl of Austria, at the recent confcronce, decided that the Austrian Archduke Karl Stephen should bo King of Poland.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.